Cardiovascular Risk Paperback / softback
Edited by M A Crook, R Minhas, T M Reynolds, P J Twomey, A Viljoen, A S Wierzbicki
Part of the Problem Solving series
Paperback / softback
Description
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 30% of mortality in the UK and the developed world, and is the fastest increasing disease in the developing world lifestyle increasingly conforms to that found in Western countries.
There exist a multiplicity of therapies for cardiovascular disease and its antecedent risk factors. Cardiovascular disease is preventable. Many countries have started to prevent cardiometabolic disease through interventions to reduce smoking, improve diets, persuade people to reduce their weight and take more exercise; these are slowly bearing fruit yet there remain those in whom cardiometabolic disease has already become established.
These patients now occupy the services of a multiplicity of medical specialties and professionals allied to medicine.
This handbook is intended for those with an interest in hyperlipidaemia and cardiovascular risk working either in primary or secondary care.
It reflects the experiences of difficult cases that the authors have seen in the lipid and prevention clinics of specialist primary and secondary care over the last 2 decades.
It will provide some answers to those seeking strategies to manage more complex cases. 1. Concise reading of 56 specific patient problems with cardiovascular risk 2. Comprehensive coverage of primary and secondary prevention, hyperlipidaemias and hypertension 3. Highly qualified and experienced doctors have co-authored this book.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:294 pages, Algorithms, diagrams, charts, tables
- Publisher:Clinical Publishing,an imprint of Atlas Medical Pu
- Publication Date:20/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781904392989
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:294 pages, Algorithms, diagrams, charts, tables
- Publisher:Clinical Publishing,an imprint of Atlas Medical Pu
- Publication Date:20/04/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781904392989
